"My sense of humor tends toward both the dark and the absurd - two great tastes that, in my opinion, taste great together."

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Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net

Ron Currie Jr.

#Dark Quotes #Two Quotes #Together Quotes

“Literally, if someone says I am grounded, everyday I am at home, I actually have my hands in the ground and dirt under my fingernails. I don't have a staff to do it all for me. I still plant a seed and I'm amazed it grows.”
“No matter how much I respect someone or how much I like someone, it doesn't exceed my will to win.”
“The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.”
“As any sin passes through its stages from temptation, to toleration, to approval, its name is first euphemized, then avoided, then forgotten. A colleague tells me that some of his fellow legal scholars call child molestation "intergenerational intimacy": that's euphemism. A good-hearted editor tried to talk me out of using the term "sodomy": that's avoidance. My students don't know the word "fornication" at all: that's forgetfulness.”
“Before Kady was born, I didn't think having a kid would be such a big deal. My attitude was simple: Babies are nice, play with them, put them in the closet until the next time.”
“I know I need to exercise. For some people, exercise is like breathing; for others, like me, it takes effort. Exercising is what I need for my metabolism and for a better sense of well-being.”

Source : "A Stormy Relationship With the Scale: an Interview With Al Roker". Interview with Bonnie Taub-Dix, bonnietaubdix.com.
“No more I do, your Majesty. But what's that got to do with it? I might as well die on a wild goose chase as die here.”
“I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.”

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